vstars Chapter 193 Pill
Chapter 193 Pill
"Give."
The yellow-dog Taoist priest held a greenish-blue pill in both hands and handed it to Little Dok.
"This is......."
Little Doc looked at the unfamiliar object in his hand and couldn't help but swallow. It wasn't because he was craving food, but because of the tension and fear he felt towards the unknown food.
The pill rolled around in his hand. Looking at the pill in his hand, then at the smiling yellow dog-like Taoist priest in front of him, Little Doc finally couldn't help but ask:
"Are you a doctor?"
"No."
"Is this the medicine the doctor prescribed?"
"No, I made it myself."
Finished!
My life is over!
Little Doc immediately showed a look of despair. He was being given medicine by someone who wasn't a doctor. Wasn't this just trying to kill him?
Although being poisoned is better than being eaten, he really didn't want to die!
Just as he hesitated about whether to swallow the pill, the yellow-dog Taoist spoke again:
"Don't worry, although I am not a physician, I am proficient in alchemy."
"The pill in your hand is a cooling powder that I made. Although it wasn't made according to the original recipe, I've found alternative medicinal ingredients during this time."
“My technique, combined with the prescription from the Tushita Palace.”
"Can't be wrong!"
After saying that, the yellow-dog Taoist confidently patted his chest, looking quite smug—a confidence stemming from the producer.
Alchemy? Cooling powder? Tushita Palace?
What are these things?
Hearing those words he had never heard before, little Doc felt a chill run down his spine.
Fine, I'll give it my all.
Feeling the intense gaze, Little Doc knew he had no choice but to swallow it, so he closed his eyes, grabbed the small green pill, and threw it into his mouth.
Gulu~
Um~
It melts in your mouth... cool and sweet.
After swallowing the pill, Little Dok did not feel the pain he had imagined. Instead, he felt a sense of comfort and coolness throughout his body. He felt as if he had just finished forging iron and then taken a refreshing, icy-cold shower.
The tightness in my chest completely disappeared, replaced by a feeling of lightness and ease.
so amazing!
It was only then that Little Dok realized that what the yellow dog Taoist priest had given him was not poison at all, but a real miracle cure.
"Thank you, sir!"
Little Dok immediately bowed to the yellow dog Taoist priest. This illness had been bothering him for several days, and he had originally thought it would get better on its own, but he never expected to be cured here.
"You're welcome, you're welcome. How do you feel?"
The yellow dog still had that same smiling face. He was fanning himself with a palm leaf fan while asking Little Doc's opinion.
"I feel great. The chest tightness is gone, and the dizziness is gone."
"This little green pill... no, this cooling powder is just too good!"
"Thank you, sir. It's our first meeting... and you've given me something so precious."
Little Doc was speaking from the heart. He had never eaten anything so miraculous before, and he subconsciously thought it was extremely precious, since he had never seen a medicine that could take effect immediately after being ingested.
So I felt a little ashamed of what I was eating. On my first day here, before I even got to do any work, I was already giving food to others.
"It's alright, it's alright, they're just some elixirs I casually made."
Refining?
Little Dok caught the word, and combined with his previous talk of alchemy experience, could it be... could he be a magician?
Definitely, definitely!
"Sir, you are indeed powerful, worthy of being a magician!"
Little Doc immediately jumped on the bandwagon, his eyes sparkling with the look of someone whose dream had come true.
Unexpectedly, the yellow-dog Taoist priest was taken aback upon hearing this.
"What is a magician?"
"Aren't you?"
"No."
"But you can clearly create such amazing things. Only a magician could do that, right?"
"You might be disappointed; I'm really not the magician you're talking about."
"My name is Xu Gou. I have only learned a little about alchemy and can only refine a few small pills."
"Alchemy?"
"Yes, alchemist."
After saying that, Xu Gou pointed to the broken alchemy furnace next to him, and Xiao Duoke only then noticed that there was such a thing in the courtyard.
He looked at the broken alchemy furnace, then at the charred floor.
Could that loud noise just now have come from this thing?
Little Doc recalled the loud bang he had just heard at the doorway, and the thick smoke that had suddenly risen.
Seeing his thoughtful expression, Xu Gou raised his sleeve and wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
cough~
"The way of alchemy is ever-changing and can never be smooth sailing."
"This time it was just bad luck."
That's right, it was just bad luck this time.
How could I, the dignified Dog of the Six Ding and Six Jia, not even be able to refine a small pill? It must be that my luck is not good today. Should I try again another day?
"Could it be that all those plants outside were used to refine this... elixir?"
"Yes."
Little Dok wasn't stupid; the clever boy quickly connected the special plants outside with these elixirs.
In this sense, alchemy is very similar to blacksmithing; both involve using one's skills to refine materials into objects.
The only difference is that one trains with tools, and the other trains with medicine.
Even so, Little Doc still found it amazing. Despite not being interested in such things, he was curious about the art of alchemy.
While he was still deep in thought, the Dog once again came to the broken alchemy furnace.
"How could it have failed?"
"Could it be that the materials are wrong?"
The dog grabbed a handful of ash from the alchemy furnace, ground it carefully, and frowned deeply.
Although the Dog (戌狗) claimed that bad luck led to the failure of his solo practice, he knew the real reason himself.
Because the world is different, many of the materials originally available in the original formula cannot be found in this world, so the Dog can only try to use other materials as substitutes.
Of course, there were successful cases during this period, but most of them ended in failure. However, Xu Gou did not give up. If one material did not work, he would try another material. Anyway, he had plenty of time.
Moreover, because of his numerous attempts, some elixirs that did not originally exist in this world were also refined.
Xu Gou believed that the materials were wrong this time as well, and if the materials were wrong, then naturally he would have to change the materials, but he had already tried almost all the materials in the herb garden.
This means he needs to collect new materials, but collecting new materials requires going outside, which is very frustrating for him as he is not good at fighting.
Hey! Let's go find them.
Xu Gou suddenly realized who he could ask to help him gather materials. Without hesitation, he turned around, gave a few instructions to the two medicine boys, and then left the alchemy workshop.